JRE gets defibrillator

With the help of some local heroes, Jackman Road Elementary School now has an automated external defibrillator.

The school's Parent Teacher Organization, in response to the Bedford Heart Heroes' call to have an AED in every school, donated the funds to purchase one for the school.

The device has been shown to save lives in an event of cardiac arrest, a news release said. Early access to CPR and AED use within the first three to five minutes of a sudden cardiac arrest incident can increase the survival rate by as much as 50 percent, according to the American Heart Association.

Training will be arranged through the Bedford Heart Heroes.

The Jackman Road AED will be installed in a wall cabinet outside the gym.

The cost of an AED is $1,500.

Bedford Heart Heroes is a group of community organizations that include 3B Baseball, the American Red Cross, Bedford Athletic Boosters, Bedford Community Foundation, Bedford Lions Club, Bedford Public Schools, the Bedford Township Fire Department, Bedford Township Supervisor's Office, Mercy Memorial Hospital System, Monroe Community Ambulance, Monroe County Community College and ProMedica Transportation Network.

The group hopes to place AEDs throughout Bedford Township including in each of the schools.

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